GRE Word List
ENIGMA
something hard to understand or explain
The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
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| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |